Technical

Watered Down: How Water Affects Your Gear Lube
We test eight popular lubricants to see how they perform when H2O sneaks into your gearcase. The results are eye opening.

Sport Master Gearcase Maintenance
Caring for your gearcase is essential. Here are a few tips for servicing your Sport Master

Modifying a Mercury 225 Pro Max
Taking a Merc 225 Pro to the Max

Project Budget Basser: Part VI -- Proppin' Around
Now that our Johnson is purrin’ along, we find out what wheel spins out the best performance

Fuel Flow Fix
Cleaning and balancing your fuel injectors can improve power and performance

Project Budget Basser, Part II
What Lies Beneath

Project Budget Basser, Part II
What Lies Beneath

Project Budget Basser: Part I
We follow our newest budget project boat from Web purchase through baseline water testing

Project Budget Basser, Part V: We're Really Cookin' Now
We update our old-school Johnson to get more speed, power, and better fuel economy

Project Budget Basser, Part IV. The Path to Performance
With our hull and structure solid, it's time for some engine work

Project Budget Basser Part III: Signs of Life!
Part III: With the structural repairs complete, we get to work on the wiring and plumbing to pump some blood into our project boat

Home Shop Series Part 4:
Installing a Swingaway Trailer Tongue

Fuel for Thought
We install a FloScan fuel-management system to monitor fuel flow and gauge precisely what we have in reserve

Home Shop Series Part 1:


Trolling Solutions
Engine-mounted electric motors can be problem solvers